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Psyche Oh! A Go Go
The Psyche Oh! A Go Go book, designed by Cultkids, offers a gateway into this rarely mentioned side of local music, which spanned early garage rock, funk soul, Nusantara grooves and mind-altering psychedelic music.
Record store owner and musician Naza Mohamad (frontman of indie band The Times) knew he needed to self-publish a book about obscure Malaysian music from the 1960s and early 1970s in order to find out more about the many forgotten musicians and bands that he has been regularly discovering through the years.
The result is the Psyche Oh! A Go Go hardcover book, published by Sputnik Rekordz and Obscura Malaysia, which comes with a handpicked CD of 22 rare tracks. Names such Rudyn Al-Haj, A. Zanne & The Fifty Fifty, A. Halim & De'Fictions, Fatimah Ismail, Adnan Othman & The Wanderers, Helen Velu & The Kilats, A. Sukiyaki & The Swinging Surfaris, M. Said & Les Remaja and Rubiah Lubis are some highlights.
Record store owner and musician Naza Mohamad (frontman of indie band The Times) knew he needed to self-publish a book about obscure Malaysian music from the 1960s and early 1970s in order to find out more about the many forgotten musicians and bands that he has been regularly discovering through the years.
The result is the Psyche Oh! A Go Go hardcover book, published by Sputnik Rekordz and Obscura Malaysia, which comes with a handpicked CD of 22 rare tracks. Names such Rudyn Al-Haj, A. Zanne & The Fifty Fifty, A. Halim & De'Fictions, Fatimah Ismail, Adnan Othman & The Wanderers, Helen Velu & The Kilats, A. Sukiyaki & The Swinging Surfaris, M. Said & Les Remaja and Rubiah Lubis are some highlights.
132 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2020
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September 9, 2020
It's a must-have book for music lovers. Dengan buku baru kau tahu yang pusat muzik sememangnya di Barat tetapi kita yang duduk di Asia Tenggara ini, terutamanya Malaysia dan Singapura menyumbang saham yang besar dan peranan yang signifikan dalam kancah muzik pop di dunia.
Kita ada bakat dan upaya yang membanggakan dalam bidang seni, baik filem, sastera atau muzik.
Pemuzik dan pemain seni di bahagian sebelah Asia paling hujung ini mempunyai jalur inspirasi dan peranan yang jitu dan mapan dalam menyumbang sesuatu pada masyarakat.
Mungkin banyak yang kita tiru dari segi muzik tapi kita tetap ada 'soul' dan jiwa kita jujur. Jiwa kita penuh dengan kelembutan tetapi masih padu bersalut rock 'n' roll.
Kudos Naza dan Adly.
Kita ada bakat dan upaya yang membanggakan dalam bidang seni, baik filem, sastera atau muzik.
Pemuzik dan pemain seni di bahagian sebelah Asia paling hujung ini mempunyai jalur inspirasi dan peranan yang jitu dan mapan dalam menyumbang sesuatu pada masyarakat.
Mungkin banyak yang kita tiru dari segi muzik tapi kita tetap ada 'soul' dan jiwa kita jujur. Jiwa kita penuh dengan kelembutan tetapi masih padu bersalut rock 'n' roll.
Kudos Naza dan Adly.
November 3, 2020
I really enjoyed this book. I love discovering good music on my own because mainstream music is just too mainstream. I can't believe that we have lost so many potential evergreen music in the past. Thank you for making this book. I will truly keep it safe for my children to read it in the future.
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